July 31, 2006

AFTER THIS, I'M ALMOST OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NOVEMBER:

Simmering Rage Within the GOP (David S. Broder, 27 July 2006, The Washington Post)

My weekend visitor was one of the founders of the postwar Republican Party in the South, one of those stubborn men who challenged the Democratic rule in his one-party state. He was conservative enough that in the great struggle for the 1952 nomination, his sympathies were with Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio, not Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He has lived long enough to see Republicans elected as senator and governor of his state and to see a Republican from the Sun Belt behemoth of Texas capture the White House. His profession won't let him speak with his name attached, but he is sadly disillusioned...
Whew, that's the next best thing to Dionne calling it for the Dems.

Posted by Pepys at July 31, 2006 6:16 PM
Comments

No need to out-run the bear, just the competition.

Posted by: ghostcat at July 31, 2006 7:15 PM

Both Broder and his visitor have outlived their usefulness.

Posted by: erp at August 1, 2006 10:18 AM

He had to find a half-senile 80-year-old, who's ill-informed on the stem cell issue and thinks outlawing work at low wages is equivalent to "giving people a raise," to illustrate his point.

Democrats still have nothing to offer the voters. All they have left is hope that Republicans can lose votes.

Posted by: pj at August 1, 2006 10:54 AM

Waiting for a killer hurricane to target an area with major oil refineries this fall remains the Democrats' best strategy for November.

Posted by: John at August 1, 2006 12:18 PM
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